Services

Ask the Expert – General Business Online Presence Consultation/Brainstorming

  • Are you a new WordPress user? A full-dashboard orientation usually takes 60 – 90 minutes.
  • Are you a small business blogger and want to reach an intended audience? I work exclusively with small businesses and individuals to provide ideas for expanding your site and making your blog fun, personable, and growing!
  • There are a million and one ways to do a site, but only a few that will meet your needs. You will benefit from my years of experience to avoid making many of the mistakes I’ve made in the past.

Blog Design

I work with self-hosted WordPress (.org) company sites and company/personal blogs. One-of-a-kind branding for your existing self-hosted WordPress site is an essential step in completing your online presence. I can custom tailor a project to your design needs: I provide a premium theme for great SEO and features, customizations, just about any layout we can dream of, well-organized navigation, beautiful, legible typography, ad space, a custom favicon, custom graphics for any area of your site, a sitemap, contact form, plugins to make WordPress extremely powerful, and the installation of your design. Pricing also includes an orientation and training session to make sure you know how to use your site. Fill out a new project questionnaire for quote. Estimated project time from start, 3-14 days.

Basic Customization of a WordPress Theme

This is perfect for the new or occasional hobby blogger. No bells or whistles, but basic and beautiful. I will install a premium theme, create and install a basic header graphic, and coordinate the colors of the text, links, and solid-colored background. You may choose 2-column, 3-column or single-column layout, but theme columns and content fonts will remain default. No custom theming, coding, or additional graphics come with this set up. Client is responsible for installing self-hosted WordPress – see below for that pricing if that needs to be added to the project. Estimated project time from start, 1-2 days.

Logo Design

Every business and brand needs a logo. Make yours great, even if it’s not now. Need more than 3 comps? No problem. Ask for a quote. Final files includes EPS or Ai, PSD, JPG and PNG in print and web resolution. Copyrights of final comp files surrendered to client when payment is complete. Project time can vary based on research time, client availability. Includes 20 – 45 minute pre-design consult.

WordPress Installation

Together we will get your blog online and ready to go. Even if you don’t have a domain name or hosting yet, I’ll walk you through the process in the fastest and most cost-effective way. Includes installation of the default WordPress Theme, several essential plugins, a secure login and location, and proper structure for maximum SEO without a full-blown SEO evaluation. Many other are themes available at a very reasonable additional price.

Custom Twitter Background and Color Scheme

New Twitter is out to everyone now and anyone who hasn’t updated their background or is using one of the default backgrounds is at risk of looking inexperienced, cheap, or something. Your background always says something about you, so make sure it says something great. Stand out from the crowd and look like a pro tweeter! Digital file will be emailed to you.

I Can’t Wait – I’ll Pay a Rush Fee

My queue is often full several weeks or months ahead. Purchasing a rush order will jump you to the next project. Please note, it doesn’t disrupt the current project, but places you next. This means your project will start in the next 7-21 days. I will add your project to my overtime schedule. (Please ask if this service is currently available – if I have another rush order in progress, it may not be available.)

An Hour of My Time

Not everything fits into one of those descriptions, but that doesn’t mean I can’t or won’t do it. I am not working on projects 24/7, so there are times where I can jump onto a special request for an hourly rate, which is $200, due up front to schedule my time. That has been my rate for a very long time and is well-established as what my time for work in my field is worth to you as a business or struggling blogger.